Deux Belles Hinckley Bermuda 40 1971

DEUX BELLES is a terrific consideration for anyone looking for a Bermuda 40.  Second Owner, great bones and great cosmetics, beautiful hull, deck and interior.   Continuously upgraded and always stored heated indoors.  Light seasonal use.  Strong low hour engine. Located in Southwest Harbor, Maine.

HULL AND DECK:

• Flag Blue Awlgrip topsides
• White deck and house with Beige non-skid
• White Bootstripe
• Gold Cove stripe
• Blue bottom

Construction:

Solid fiberglass hull reinforced with additional laminations in all stress areas.  Deck is set in a 6″ flange molded into the hull, fiberglassed and bolted to form a permanent hull/deck joint. Nonskid pattern is molded into the deck.

• Teak and stainless steel rub rail

Keel with centerboard = Draft:   4’4 Board up, 8’7” board down.

• External lead keel is fastened with stainless steel bolts, and the bronze centerboard is operated by a manually operated worm gear.  There is a mechanical counter on bronze centerboard.

Deck highlights:

• Stainless steel bow and stern pulpits
• Stainless steel stanchions with double lifelines with gates – SS chafe strips at gates
• Varnished teak eyebrow, hand rails and deck trim
• (2) Two white translucent hatches with varnished teak trim
• Varnished teak companionway hatch
• (2) White dorade cowl vents with dark interiors
• (2) Mid-ship cleats
• Rechromed:  Chocks, turning blocks and binnacle (very nice)
• Charlie Noble fireplace vent
• Varnished teak-covered aft deck double lazarette and separate propane locker
• All LED mast/navigation lights

EQUIPMENT:

Ground Tackle:

• Lewmar electric windlass with rope/chain gypsys
• Stainless steel bow roller with 45-lb CQR anchor
• Danforth 35# anchor – mounted on cabin top with chocks
• Spare navy anchor
• 100 ft chain

Equipment:

• Companionway screens
• Rigging rollers
• Swim ladder/boarding ladder
• Dock lines
• Fenders
• Fenderboard
• (3) Fire extinguishers
• Life jackets
• (2) Horseshoe Lifering with stainless steel storage brackets
• (2) Ratsey MOB poles – Connecting lines to liferings via floating line with drogue
• SWITLIK MOM 8 Man Overboard System
• Self inflating life raft – 6 person
• Spotlight
• Custom deck fishing rod holder + 2 storage brackets for 2 fishing rods

COCKPIT:

Cockpit has a varnished teak cockpit coaming with built-in winch pockets.

• Navy blue dodger – with zip-open front window panel (2023)
• Cockpit cushions
• Cockpit table – binnacle mounted drink holder and fold-down varnished teak Hinckley table
• Teak cockpit sole grate
• Watertight, locking, opening seats offer sail locker storage
• Electronic gauges – mounted in forward bulkhead
• Engine gauges in forward cockpit well – easily viewable by helmsman

Helm area

• Edson binnacle wheel steering with engine controls and binnacle guard
• Chartplotter and Autopilot mounted at binnacle for easy control at helm
• Stainless steel steering wheel with elkhide cover
• Binnacle mounted compass
• Helmsman’s seat
• Mainsail, mizzen and genoa are all controlled from the helm for single-handed use.

INTERIOR ACCOMMODATIONS

DEUX BELLES sleeps 6 in her classic-style interior that features a Hinckley fireplace and is finished in satin varnished mahogany with a gloss varnished teak and holly sole.

Interior Walk-through:  Forward is the Master Cabin with the Head next aft to port.  The Full-width Main Salon is just forward of the full width Galley that includes the Nav Station to starboard.

Amenities include:

• HRH tile fireplace
• Espar diesel heater
• Perko kerosene lamp
• Weems clock
• Integrated handrails outboard and custom overhead handrails
• Curtains on multiple stainless steel framed window ports

The Companionway and the opening overhead hatches with screens provide extra light and ventilation.  Companionway boards in solid teak with vents and screened extra set mounted in the v-berth.

FORWARD STATEROOM: 

Solid entry door provides privacy to this cabin.

• V-berth has a double berth adapter.
• V-berths have a seat between
• Drop front storage below V-berths
• Bookshelves outboard over V-berths
• Bureau
• Hanging locker
• Opening overhead hatch with screen provides extra light and ventilation
• Custom mounted overhead compass – so skipper can observe course

There is forward door access to the forepeak chain locker.

HEAD (Forward Port):

• Vanity with Harvest Gold Irish Linen countertop
• Stainless steel sink with faucet and “telephone style” shower controls
• Hot and cold pressure water
• Medicine cabinet
• Wilcox Crittenden “Skipper” head
• 6-Personal gear drawers
• Lockers
• Hamper storage
• Towel rack, soap and cup holders
• Tile floor
• Opening port
• Holding tank

MAIN SALON (Amidship):

• Custom tile Hinckley solid-fuel burning fireplace is forward to starboard with Charlie Noble ventilation.
• Overhead opening white translucent hatch
• Dining table – Centerline table has two folding leaves
• Extension table is bulkhead mounted

Port and starboard – are pull-out Settee/transom berths with Pilot berths over outboard.

• Storage is under the transom and pilot berths.
• Shelves outboard the pilot berths
• 12-volt lighting
• Bookshelf – forward
• Weems clock – bulkhead mounted forward

Two privacy doors forward lead to the Head and Master Forward Cabin.

GALLEY (Full width – Aft):

• Beige Formica countertop
• Stainless steel deep double sinks with fixtures, hand pump and sprayer
• Hot and cold pressure water
• Gimballed “Shipmate” 3-burner propane SS stove with oven – matching formica stove cover
• Grunert refrigeration/freezer – accessed through a countertop hatch
• Storage provided by lockers and drawers
• Cabin sole built-in dust pan
• Varnished teak cup and mug holders
• Starboard built-in dish and silverware locker storage
• Ports outboard and companionway hatch with screen offer natural light and ventilation
• 12-volt galley lighting

The companionway to the cockpit is located aft center.  There is a locker at the top of the steps and the steps are removable for access to the engine.

NAVIGATION AREA (Aft Starboard galley):

• Refrigeration countertop accessed doubles as a nav table.
• Chart storage is above
• Gooseneck chart light
• Instruments and custom instrument shelf
• Electrical panel

ELECTRONICS and NAVIGATION EQUIPMENT:

• Fully integrated Raymarine electronics package
• Raymarine Radar
• Raymaring radar/GPS chartplotter at helm
• Raymarine autopilot at helm – steer to compass heading or wind direction
• Raymarine depth, windspeed/wind direction, boatspeed/distance gauges – cockpit
• VHF Radio
• Compass – 3½” movable custom mounted compass – nav station
• Compass – cockpit binnacle
• Compass – mounted in forward cabin overhead
• Sony marine stereo with AM/FM, Bluetooth and USB inputs.  2 speakers in main salon and 2 in cockpit.

SAILS AND RIGGING:

Aluminum single spreader masts and booms.   Varnished teak spreaders.  LED lights.

• 2 point slab reefing – reefing lines run to cockpit / self-tailing winch
• Stainless steel standing rigging
• Spinnaker pole
• Lazy jacks

Winches:

• (2) #50 Lewmar ST
• (2) #22 Barient
• (1) Lewmar #30 ST (cabin top under dodger)
• (1) #20 Barient Jib Halyard (on mast)

Sails:

• Main
• Mizzen
• Genoa

ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:

Electrical and electronic grounding system to the keel.

12-volt DC System:

• (2) 6-volt House Batteries  (225 amp/hrs each – 450 amp/hrs total)
• (1) 12-volt Starting Battery
• Parallel cross-over switch lets house batteries start engine

110-volt AC System:

• La Marche Battery charger
• Constavolt 30-amp shore power converter with shore cord

ENGINE AREA:

2002 Westerbeke 4-108 FWC 40-hp diesel engine (900 hours)

• 3-blade Maxprop feathering propeller
• Fresh water cooling system
• Raycor fuel filter
• Engine alarm system
• Engine room sound insulation
• Emergency tiller system
• Freshwater pump, accumulator
• Automatic Bilge pump
• Manual bilge pump
• LPG electronic system, two 10-lb aluminum tanks – in aft deck locker
• Espar diesel heat